Shrines in Nara
The shrines of Nara that MUSUHI TECHO has chosen to introduce.
NaraOmiwa Shrine
One of Japan's oldest shrines, whose sacred body is Mount Miwa itself.
NaraTamaki Shrine
The inner sanctuary said to be reached only by those who are called.
NaraNiukawakami Shrine Shimosha (Lower Shrine)
A shrine of the water deity, where sacred white and black horses greet you.
NaraTenkawa Daibenzaiten Shrine
The Benzaiten of the performing arts, worshipped to the sound of the Isuzu bells.
NaraTanzan Shrine
Site of the secret council that reshaped Japan, with the only wooden thirteen-story pagoda.
NaraMuro Ryuketsu Shrine
A water shrine whose sacred object is Kissho Ryuketsu, the cave where a dragon is said to dwell.
NaraTakakamo Shrine
Birthplace of the Kamo clan and the ancestral shrine of Kamo shrines nationwide.
NaraKatsuragi Hitokotonushi Shrine
"Ichigon-san," the deity said to grant a wish spoken in a single word.
NaraTakamahiko Shrine
Shrine of the musubi deity, in a place handed down as Takamagahara, the High Plain of Heaven.
NaraYatagarasu Shrine
Shrine of Yatagarasu, the crow that guided Emperor Jimmu, a shrine of opening the way.